The benchmark index of Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) closed this week at 2106.7 points, rising 0.6 points, against 2106.1 points in the previous week, inching up by 0.02%.

The average daily trading value over this week, from Sunday November 2 to Thursday November 6, reached JOD 4.4 million against JOD 6.4 million in the previous week, registering a decrease by 30.6%.

Total trading value reached JOD 22.1 million, compared to JOD 31.9 during the previous week as a total of 25.2 million shares were traded through 13186 transactions. Shares of 172 companies were traded, of which 59 rose, 76 declined, and 37 remained unchanged.

The financial index led the trading, reaching JOD 14.8 million or 66.6%, followed by the services index of JOD 4.3 million or 19.6%, while the industrial index amounted to JOD 4.3 million or 13.8%.

The financial index inched up by 0.01%, the services index increased by 0.47%, and the industrial index decreased by 0.8%, this week.

The top three gainers during the week were Jordan Vegetable Oil Industries by 24.05%, Jordan Poultry Processing and Marketing by 13.64%, and Jordan Paper and Cardboard Factories by 12.90%.

Meanwhile, the top three decliners were the Pearl- Sanitary Paper Converting by 14.12%, The Real Estate and Investment Portfolio Company by 13.64%, and Emmar Investments and Real Estate Development by 11.76%.